Necktie fastener



June 2, 1931. A. a. DELMON ET AL NECKTIE FASTENER Original Filed Nov. '7, 1927 2 Sheets-Shee l INVENTOR. fi-G. pelmzz BY y KE/a June'Z, 1931. A. G. DELMON ET AL NECKTIE FASTENER Original Filed Nov. '7, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. 'Z pezma ORNEY Patented June 2, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NECKTIE FASTENER Application filed November 7, 1927. Serial No. 231,574. Renewed December 27, 1930.

This invention relates to neck tie fasteners and has special reference to a device adapted for attachment to made up neck ties and which will hold them in adjusted position a relative to the collar.

One important object of the invention is to improve the generalconstruction of devices of this character. 7 A second important object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient device having a body of improved character so arranged that it may be inclosed in the material of the neck tie and which is provided with a protractile loop for engagement with the collar button. r r

A third important object of the invention is to providev a device of this character of novel construction wherein the loop may be retracted to hold the neck tie in proper relation to the collar and collar button, and when so retracted will be held in retracted position until manually released.

A fourth important object of the invention is to provide improved means for holding such a loop retracted and for limiting the protraction thereof.

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed. 7

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

Figure 1 is a view showing the manner of applying the device and disclosing a collar and neck tie with the neck tie ready to be moved into proper position relative to the collar. 1

Figure 2 is a front elevation of one form of the device.

Figure 3 is a section through the form shown in Figure 2, the section being taken parallel to the plane of elevation of Figure 2. Figure 4 is a front elevation of a second form of the device. 7

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55. of 59 Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a front elevation of a third form of the device.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of said third form.

Figs. 7A and 7B are respectively a front and side elevation of a modification.

Figure 8 is a front elevation of a fourth form of the device.

Figure 9 is a section on the line 99 of Figure 8. i

Figure 10 is a section on the line 1010 of Figure 8.

Figure 11 is a front elevation of a fifth form of the device.

Figure 12 is a section similar to Figure 3 but showing the fifth form with the loop protracted'and partly broken away.

Figure 13 is a section on the line 13-13 of Figures 11 and 12.

Figure 14 is a front elevation of a sixth form of the device.

Figure 15 is a section similar to Figure 3 but showing this fifth form.

In the form of the device shown in Figure 2 there is provided a flat tubular body 10 having on its flat sides opposed openings 12 by means of which it. may be attached to a neck tie N through stitches passed through these openings. This body 10 houses a loop consisting of a bight portion 13 from which extends legs 14 normally lying in the body. and crossing each other as shown at 15. These legs are curved so that when the loop is drawn in or retracted the ends of the legs lie close against the sides of-the body on opposite sides thereof. The spring wire from which the loop is formed is further extended outwardly as at 16 and then bent downward- 1y as at 17 and upwardly as at 18 to terminate in ends 19 which bear against the side of the body opposite to the respective outwardly extending portion 16. As thus constructed it will be seen that not only does the spring of the wire at the bight hold the legs in the position shown but also the ends 19 assist in thus holding thelegs so that the portion 16 normally engages beneath the lower edge of the body 10 and form stops for holding the loop in retracted position. However, by pressing With the thumb and finger on the and prevent too great protraction.

part 17 so as to move them toward each other these parts may be slipped up into the body so that the bight portion of the loop can be protracted to fit over the button B of a collar C as shown in Figure 1. It will be noted that the threads 12 under these circumstances engage the wires 18 where they cross upon full protraction of the loop and thus prevent the loop from being disengaged entirely from the body 10. \Vhen thus engaged as in Figure 1 the neck tie is pushed up to proper position in the collar thus effecting retraction of the loop to such position that the part 16 can spring out beneath the lower edge of the body and hold the tie properly in place. In the form shown in Figures 4 and there is provided a body 20 and a loop having a bight 21 and legs 22. At the lower end of these legs the spring wire from which the loop is formed is bent to form eyes 23 constituting finger grips and normally forming stops against the lower edge of the body 20. Spaced from this lower edge of the body 20 is provided with tabs 24 which are cut out and bent in as shown in Figure 5 and the legs 22 work between these tabs and the side walls of the body 20 so that when the finger grips 23 are moved toward each other in the usual manner and the loop protracted the eyes 23 e will engage against the tabs 24 and prevent too great protraction of said loop.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 6 and 7 the body is formed of a plate of material 25 having its edges rolled to provide a pair of tubes 26 larger at the bottom than at the top so that there is formed in each of these tubes a shoulder 27. The loop in this instance has the usual bight 28 and legs 29 which work in the pair of tubes and the lower ends of these legs are formed with eyes 30 each having a cross member 31 to engage the lower edge of the tubes 26 in protracted position but which, upon compression of the eyes or finger clips may slip up into the respective tube to engage against the shoulder 27 and form a stop againsttoo great protraction. In the form of the invention shown in Fig ures 8, 9 and 10 there is provided a tubular body 32 compressed centrally at one end as at 33 and working in this body is a loop hav ing the usual bight 34, legs 35 and eyes 36 forming stops at the bottom edge of the body and also constituting stops upon protraction so as to engage the compressed portion 33 Preferably in this form the legs 35 are bowed as in Figure 9 for holding the loop and body in aroper relation. In the form of the invention shown in Figures 11, 12 and 13 there is provided a tubular body 37 and a loop having a bight 3S, legs 39 and eyes 40 as before. In this form, however, the eyes 40 are triangular in shape and the body is provided with partially severed and outwardly extending lips 41 so that openings 42 are formed in such way that when the loop is protracted the eyes 40 spring out through these openings and limit the extent of protraction. It is to be noted that the lips 41 form guards to prevent the eyes being pushed together accidently and thus ermit-ting the loop to be entirely withdrawn rom the body. It will also be noted that the triangular form of the eyes enables the parts to be moved from protracted to retracted position with ease.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 14 and 15 there is provided the usual flat tubular body 43 and loop with its bight 44, legs 45 and eyes 46 engaging the bottom of the body under normal condition. However, this body is cut away at opposite sides and bent to provide a central partition 47 forming, as shown in Figure 15, a stop for limiting the protraction.

All these forms are applied to the neck tie and collar in the letters described with relation to the form shown in Figures 2 and 3.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, is:

1. In a neckties holder, a tubular body member, adapted to be secured to a necktie, a spring loop having a bight portion engageable with a collar button and projecting above the tubular body, said loop having legs extending into said body and being slidable with respect to the body to project and retract said bight, and finger grips on the lower ends of said legs engageable with the bottom edge of the body upon the loop being retracted whereby to prevent accidental protraction of the loop.

2. In a necktie holder, a tubular body member, adapted to be secured to a necktie, a spring loop having a bight portion engageable with a collar button and projecting above the tubular body, said loop having legs extending into said body and being slidable with respect to the body to project and retract said bight, and finger grips on the lower ends of said legs engageable with the bottom edge of the body upon the loop being retracted whereby to prevent accidental protraction of the loop, said body being formed to provide stop means spaced from said lower end and engageable by the finger grips upon protraction of the loop whereby to constitute means to limit the extent of protraction of said loop.

3. In anecktie holder, a tubular body member, adapted to be secured to a necktie, and a spring loop having a bight portion engageable with a collar button and projecting above the tubular body, said loop having legs extending into said body and being slidable with respect to the body to project and retract said bight, the free ends of said legs urged apart by the elasticity of the loop and being provided with eyes normally below the lower edge of the body and having portions engaging beneath the lower edge of said body to hold the loop retracted. 1

4. In a necktie holder, a tubular body member, adapted to be secured to a necktie, and a spring loop having a bight portion engageable with a collar button and projecting above the tubular body, said loop having legs extending into said body and being slidable with respect to the body to project and retract said bight, the free ends of said legs urged apart by the elasticity of the loop and being provided with eyes normally below the lower edge of the body and having portions engaging beneath the lower edge of said body to hold the loop retracted, said body being provided With portions engaged by the eyes upon protraction of the loop to limit the ex tent of said protraction.

In testimony whereof we aifix our signatures.

ALBERT G. DELMON. VENANCIO MARTINEZ LASTRA. 

